I guess you could actually call this a “Pregnant Girl’s Guide to a Painting Party”,
Because I probably would have done more if I weren’t so enormous and exhausted.
We’ve never done a “friend” party because we’ve always(up to this point) just done a family thing.
But Carter has begged and begged for a “real” birthday party…a painting birthday party, to be exact.
He has been asking for months and I kept putting him off because I knew that the new baby might interfere with any plans.
But he is one insistent little sucker, and I finally gave in.
He was allowed to pick 10 friends.
(The first one his list? His “girlfriend”, who is actually in 5th grade!)
I bought a magnet painting kit along with some extra paint brushes and some glitter glue.
(Everything looks better under a layer of glitter glue, right?)
I also pulled out all my plastic cups to use for rinsing water.
Instead of making or buying a cake, I decided to follow through with the painting theme.
Each kid will get a chocolate cupcake and will be able to DIY(Decorate It Yourself) with icing and sprinkles.
Don’t be too impressed!
Those cupcakes are made from a box mix and the icing and sprinkles are store bought.
I used food coloring and 3 cans of frosting to make the rainbow icing options.
(1/2 can of icing plus an insane amount of food coloring per color.
I used Gel Food Colors -for all but the blue and yellow- because they are so bright.)
And, of course, no party for my kid is complete without Sprite.
(The kid really loves Sprite.)
Here’s hoping my doctor’s appointment goes well and I actually make it to the party!
have fun!
Praying your doctor’s appt goes well.
P.S. We do parties like this at my house lots….so no worries
Miss ya’ll. Hope things go well at the dr. Carter will have fun @ his party because he has a good mom.
Sounds like a great party! I know he and all the guests will have a ball!
Nice! Great Ideas too! Good luck at the Dr.!
Looks great to me! I hope everyone has a blast!